I did not realize how beautiful the twins were until they fell asleep and I saw thier faces in complete ______________.

I thought he assented to the suggestion that the words should be left out because they were left out in the corresponding paragraph above. Assented means to show _________.

What good are ____________ principles if no real attempt is made to help people by putting those principles into practice?

Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement. Therefore, the environment can be described as ____________.

He is not merely unpleasant but actually dangerous whenever he gets into one of his ____________ moods.

I loved the dim superstition, the propitiatory intent, that had put the grave there, and still more I loved the spirit that could not carry out the sentence --- the error from the surveyed lines, the clemency of the soft earth roads along which the home-coming wagons rattled after sunset. If the road seems to have clemency, it is ___________.

The principal claimed that there were major ____________ between what actually happened in the school and the way the incident was reported on TV.

It's outrageous that the owners of her building were so remiss in their balcony inspection duties. To be remiss is to be __________.

Emphasizing the youth of the convicted man, the defense attorney pleaded for his _____________.

In view of the many able people in public life today, I do not agree that we are suffering from a(n) __________ of capable leaders.

Refusing to admit defeat even when things looked completely hopeless, our ____________ football team drove eighty-five yards in the last few minutes to score the winning touchdown.

My parents will not _________ to my going to the dance unless I promise faithfully to be home no later than 9 pm.

The custom of putting erasers on pencils is one way of recognizing the fact that no one is ____________.

The rash young lietenant had the ____________ to disregard the express orders of the commanding officers.

As soon as the last passenger had __________, the captain ordered the ship to get under way.

The exhausted refugees __________ along the dusty road, hoping to reach the Red Cross camp before nightfall.

Humor should be clever and amusing but never so _________ that it hurts the feelings of other people.

History tells us that many menand women regarded as failures in their own lifetimes were actually major ___________ of humanity.

I rarely join in the discussions because I am _________.

Doctors attributed the epidemic to the rampant spread of a particulary ________ strain of influenza virus.

Your ___________ joy when it was announced that I had won the scholarship meant more to me than all the polite congratulations I received.

It was quite ___________ of you to give up your seat so that the man with the cane did not have to stand during the bus trip.

We were all impressed by your ___________ use of unusual words and expressions that you had learned only a few hours before.

As a school cafeteria guard, I would be __________ in my duties if I failed to report a serious disturbance.